The Ode to Joy

バルトの楽園 (original title)

2006135 min6.0German, Japanese

Directed by

Masanobu Deme

Synopsis

Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Ken Matsudaira, Bruno Ganz, Hiroshi Abe, Jun Kunimura, Oliver Bootz, Kostja Ullmann, Suzuka Ohgo, Shirō Mifune, Kazuhiko Takeuchi

Writer: Motomu Furuta (Writer)

Cinematographer: Kazutami Hara

Production Designer: Yoshinobu Nishioka

Editor: Shin'ya Tadano

Composer: Shinichiro Ikebe

Producer: Yusuke Okada

Production: Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Nippan Group Holdings, Shinano Art & Culture Consultant Co., Ltd., TV Asahi

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